Vocabulary for a lesson

1. a — [a name follows] | Not translatable into an English word; nominal particle, used before names and pronouns: a Mere, a kōrua, a ia.

2. aha — what

3. ahakoa — although

4. ahatia — what happened to (pass of aha)

5. ahau — I, me

6. ahi — fire

7. ahiahi — early evening, afternoon

8. ai — Not translatable into an English word; verbal particle; used in various subordinate structures, for example relative clauses, adverbials, ...ai

9. ake — up, upwards (Various uses and meanings, eg upwards, as in: piki ake, titiro ake; comparative as in: nui ake; own, as in: tōku whānau ake)

10. ake, ake, ake — for ever and ever

11. ako — to learn, to teach

12. aku — my, mine (plural form of taku, neutral for possession category)

13. ana — indeed, when, if

14. anake — only, just, alone

15. anei — here, by me

16. anō — again, also (Various meanings, eg again; also, too; self [reflexive] as in: ki a ia anō)

17. ao — world, dawn, cloud

18. Aotearoa — New Zealand

19. ara — to rise (v); path (n)

20. aroha — love, sympathy, compassion

21. arā — over there, away from us both; that is, namely

22. ata — morning, shadow

23. atu — away from current orientation (often not translatable by a separate English word)

24. atua — god

25. au — I, me

26. aua — those (previously mentioned, plural of taua)

27. auau — to bark, howl

28. awa — river, stream

29. e — by; of course; a term of address follows; [in the future]; particle used in a negation

30. ehara — exclamation: sure enough, without a doubt; not

31. engari — but

32. haere — go, come

33. haerenga — journey (n); travel (v)

34. haka — to perform traditional dance; haka, a traditional dance, war dance

35. hanga — to build, erect, make (v); construction, practice (n)

36. hapa — mistake; supper, dinner

37. hari — to feel happy; to take or carry

38. haria — to be carried (hari + passive suffix -a)

39. harikoa — happy, joyful, euphoric

40. hau — wind, air, breath

41. he — a, some; in the category of

42. hea — where?

43. hei — at, in, with, for, to, as a; hay; necklace (Various meanings, eg future preposition)

44. heihei — chicken

45. heke — rafter (n); to descend, get off (v)

46. heoi — however; and so

47. hia — how many?

48. hiahia — to want

49. hiainu — thirst, thirsty

50. hiakai — hungry

51. hiamoe — sleepy

52. hine — term of address for a girl: E hine!

53. hinga — to fall from an upright position; to fall (and not be able to get up again)

54. hipi — sheep

55. hoa — friend; partner; spouse

56. hoatu — to give (away from speaker)

57. hoki — to go back, return; also, indeed

58. hoko — to buy, sell, purchase

59. hokomaha — supermarket

60. hokona — sold (hoko + passive suffix -na)

61. homai — give (to the speaker)

62. hone — to plunder, acquire wrongfully (v); ocean swell (n)

63. horoi — to wash, to clean

64. horoia — washed (pass of horoi)

65. hou — new, modern; feather

66. hua — product, fruit

67. huarahi — street, path, road

68. hui — meeting; gathered

69. huka — sugar

70. hāte — shirt

71. hē — wrong; error, mistake

72. hēki — egg

73. hīkoi — to walk, step, tread

74. hōhā — annoyed, bored (adj), a nuisance (n)

75. hōiho — horse

76. hū — shoe

77. i — object of the sentence, from; concerning; in; in the past; on; → | Several uses; not always translatable with a specific English word. Past tense verb particle: I haere ia ... She went Past time marker: I tērā wiki ... Last week Direct object marker: Ka kai ia i te āporo. Source marker (from): Kua hoki mai au i te kura.

78. ia — he, she, him, her

79. iho — downwards

80. ihu — nose

81. ika — fish

82. ina — if, when

83. inanahi — yesterday

84. ingoa — name

85. inu — to drink (v); drink (n)

86. ināianei — now

87. irāmutu — niece, nephew

88. iti — small, little

89. iwa — nine

90. iwi — tribe

91. ka — will happen | Verbal particle with a range of meanings; not directly translated with an English word

92. kaha — strong, able

93. kai — eat (v); food (n)

94. kaiako — teacher (kai- + ako)

95. kaimahi — worker, employee (kai- + mahi)

96. kainga — (pass) be eaten

97. kanikani — dance, to dance

98. kapu — cup

99. karaka — orange (colour)

100. karakia — prayer, to pray

101. karanga — to call

102. kata — to laugh

103. katoa — all

104. kau — swim; cow

105. kaua — negative word, do not, eg: Kaua e tangi

106. kauhoe — to swim

107. kaukau — to bathe

108. kaumātua — elder; elderly

109. kaupapa — topic, theme, plan, subject

110. kawa — sour, yuck

111. kawe — to carry, convey

112. kei — Various uses, meanings, eg: preposition, present time and place location; at the moment; it might be that...

113. kei te — at the moment; now

114. keke — cake

115. kete — basket, kit

116. ki — to, at, →; | Has various uses and meanings

117. kia — may you be; may we be; let it be that; | Various uses, meanings. Often not translatable by an English word.

118. kimi — to look for, seek

119. kimihia — sought; look for! (kimi + passive suffix -hia)

120. kino — bad

121. kiri — skin

122. Kirikiriroa — Hamilton

123. kite — to see

124. kitea — seen (kite + passive suffix -a)

125. ko — is, are (Various uses; not usually translatable with an English word), [equals], [topic marker]

126. koa — happy

127. koe — you, one person

128. koi — sharp

129. koia — it is, so

130. konei — here, by speaker

131. konā — there, by listener

132. kore — zero, nothing

133. koro — term of address for an elderly man, grandfather (E koro)

134. koroua — elderly man, grandfather

135. korā — over there

136. kotahi — one

137. koti — coat, jacket

138. koutou — you, three or more people

139. kua — then; have; has; had | Verbal particle; indicating completed action or movement into a state

140. kuhu — to enter, to go or come in

141. kuia — elderly woman, grandmother

142. kupu — word

143. kura — school; treasured item

144. kuri — Kuri, n. 1. Dog. Ka rongo te kuri ra i…

145. kurī — dog

146. kāhore — Negative used for verb sentences

147. kāinga — home

148. kākahu — clothing, garment

149. kākāriki — green

150. kāo — no!

151. kāore — negative used for verb sentences

152. kāpata — cupboard

153. kātahi — then

154. kāti — stop! (as in: kāti te tangi)

155. kē — already; different; other; differently; rather; strange; actually

156. kēkē — armpit

157. kēmu — game

158. kī — to be full

159. kīhai — Negative word

160. kō — at a distance, yonder; shovel

161. kōrero — to talk, speak

162. kōrua — you, two people

163. kōtiro — girl

164. kūaha — door

165. kūmara — kūmara, sweet potato

166. mahana — to be warm, warm

167. mahi — to do, work, make

168. mahia — worked (mahi + passive suffix -a)

169. mahue — to be left behind (trans)

170. mai — towards the speaker in space or in orientation; to here

171. makariri — cold

172. makawe — hair of the head (human, used in plural: ngā makawe)

173. mamae — hurt, sore, pain

174. mana — prestige, authority

175. Mane — Monday

176. manu — bird

177. manuhiri — guest

178. marae — traditional Māori gathering place

179. marama — month, moon

180. mataku — scared, afraid

181. matapihi — window

182. mate — to be sick, ill, dead

183. matekai — hungry, starving

184. matua — parent, father

185. mau — to wear clothes

186. maunga — mountain

187. mauria — to be carried (mau + passive suffix -ria)

188. me — and, should, with (various meanings, uses, eg with, like, should)

189. mea — a thing (n); to say (v)

190. mehemea — if (presuming not; cf. ki te, if, expressing simple uncertainty)

191. mere — bush, shrub

192. mihi — to greet; thank; acknowledge

193. miraka — milk

194. moana — sea

195. moe — sleep; to marry

196. moenga — bed

197. mokemoke — lonely

198. mokopuna — grandchild

199. moni — money

200. motokā — car, motorcar

201. motu — island (n); cut (v), cut off (adj)

202. motukā — car

203. mua — front, before

204. muri — behind, after

205. mutu — be ended, finished (but not necessarily completed)

206. mutunga — end (mutu + noun ending -nga)

207. mā — clean, white, and others

208. māharahara — worry (n); anxious (adj)

209. māia — capable, brave, bold

210. māku — for me, by me

211. mākū — to be saturated, wet, damp

212. māmā — mother (n); easy, simple (adj)

213. māna — for him, her, by him, her

214. māngere — lazy

215. Māori — indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand

216. māra — garden

217. mārama — clear, understand

218. mātakitaki — to watch, to observe, examine, inspect

219. mātau — to know, understand

220. mātou — we, us (three or more people, excluding the person/ people addressed)

221. mātua — parents, fathers (plural form of matua)

222. mātāmua — eldest; first; main

223. māu — for you, by you; ā category possession

224. māua — we, us (two people, excluding addressee)

225. māui — on the left hand, left side

226. māuiui — sick

227. mīti — meat

228. mō — for, unrealised, ō category possession, about

229. mōhio — to know

230. mōna — for him, her, unrealised, o category possession

231. mōu — for you

232. na — Na (i), pronominal suffix of the 3rd pers. sing., which…

233. nei — here, by speaker

234. ngahere — forest, bush

235. ngaro — to be lost, missing, gone, hidden (trans)

236. ngenge — tired

237. ngeru — cat

238. ngā — the, plural

239. ngākau — heart, as in seat of the affections and feelings

240. Ngāti — tribal name prefix (as in: Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu)

241. niho — tooth

242. no — No. 1. prep. From, of, belonging to. (a) As part…

243. noa — free from tapu; only, just, merely

244. noho — to live; sit

245. nui — big, great, many

246. nā — Various meanings, eg by, belonging to (ā category), by way of

247. nāku — mine, realised possession, it was done by me (ā category)

248. nāna — by him, her, belonging to him, her

249. nāu — you (past tense); yours (singular)

250. nē — tag question, translated variously depending on the English structure; eh?

251. nō — from

252. nōku — mine, realised possession, ō category

253. nōna — belongs to him or her (Å catergory), his, hers

254. o — of, belonging to | Has several uses

255. oho — to wake up

256. oma — to run, escape

257. ono — six

258. ope — group travelling together

259. ora — alive, well, healthy, safe

260. oti — to be completed

261. pahi — bus

262. pai — good (adj); to like (v); good

263. pakaru — broken (applied to a thing not a body part) (trans)

264. pakeke — hard, stiff (adj); to grow up (v); age, adult, elder (n)

265. pango — black

266. pani — orphan (n); to be orphaned (v): to smear, spread out (v)

267. papa — floor, ground, flat surface

268. parakuihi — breakfast

269. paru — dirt, mud, dirty

270. parāoa — bread, flour

271. pata — butter

272. patu — to strike, hit; to kill

273. patua — hit/killed (patu + passive suffix -a)

274. pau — to be consumed, used up completely, all gone (trans)

275. pea — pair; pear

276. pene — pen

277. pereti — plate

278. piki — to increase

279. pikitia — picture, film

280. pirihimana — police officer

281. poaka — pig

282. ponga — Ponga. 1. n. Cyathea dealbata, a tree-fern. 2. A method…

283. poto — short

284. pouaka — box

285. pounamu — greenstone

286. pukapuka — book, lungs

287. puku — stomach, belly

288. pukumahi — hard-working, industrious

289. pukuriri — fury; furious; grumpy

290. pupuhi — to shoot

291. puta — to appear, to come out

292. putiputi — flower

293. pā — a fortified settlement (n); to touch (v)

294. pānui — to read; to publish, advertise; notice, advertisement

295. pāpā — father, uncle

296. pātai — question; to ask a question

297. pāua — abalone

298. pēhea — how?

299. pēke — bag

300. pēnei — like this, near speaker

301. pēnā — like that, near listener

302. pēpi — baby

303. pērā — like that, yonder

304. pēwhea — how? (variant of pēhea)

305. pīrangi — to want, desire

306. pō — night

307. Pōneke — Wellington [Port Nicholson]

308. pōro — ball (also 'paoro')

309. pōtae — hat

310. pōuri — sad, dark

311. pū — to blow gently

312. rangatira — chief, leader, boss

313. rangi — sky, day

314. rapu — to look for

315. rare — lolly

316. raro — under, below; time

317. raruraru — trouble, problem; be in difficulty, in trouble

318. rata — friendly, at ease (adj); calm (n); to like (v)

319. rau — to put into; leaf

320. rawa — Various meanings, eg too, quite, very; really

321. rawe — lovely, excellent

322. reira — there (previously mentioned)

323. reka — sweet

324. reo — language, voice

325. rere — to escape; to fly

326. reta — letter

327. rima — five

328. ringa — hand, arm

329. ringaringa — hand, arm

330. riri — anger, angry

331. riro — gone away; to be awarded: acquired, obtained

332. rite — to be ready, like, similar

333. roa — long

334. rongo — to hear, perceive, feel

335. rorohiko — computer

336. roto — in, inside, within; lake

337. rua — two; grave, hole, storage pit

338. runga — on

339. rā — day; the sun; over there

340. Rāhoroi — Saturday

341. rākau — tree; timber

342. rānei — or

343. Rātapu — Sunday

344. rātou — they, them, three or more people

345. rāua — them; they (two people)

346. rīhi — dish; dishes; lease

347. rīwai — potato

348. rōpū — group

349. rūma — room

350. tae — to reach, arrive (v); colour (n)

351. taea — to be able, to be achieved (tae + passive suffix -a)

352. taenga — arrival (tae + nominal suffix -nga)

353. taha — to pass by; side

354. tahi — one, single

355. tahu — burn; cook; light (set on fire); husband, wife; lover

356. tai — tide; coast

357. taihoa — wait

358. taka — to come around in a cycle; to fall from a height

359. take — beginning, cause, origin

360. takoto — to lie down

361. taku — my (singular); edge

362. tama — son, nephew (term of address for a boy, son: tama)

363. tamaiti — child

364. tamariki — children

365. tamāhine — daughter

366. tana — his/her (neutral category); ton

367. tangata — person

368. tangi — to cry; to make a sound

369. tangohia — pick up! (command); taken away (tango + passive suffix -hia)

370. taniwha — monster, traditional guardian of bodies of water

371. taonga — property, possession

372. tapahi — to cut up, chop

373. tapahia — cut! to be cut (tapahi + passive suffix -a)

374. taraiwa — to drive; driver

375. tarau — trousers

376. tata — near, close

377. tatari — to wait

378. tatau — to count

379. tau — to land, settle; be calm; to attack; lover; handsome; year; age; number

380. taua — that, previously mentioned (singular)

381. tauira — student; example

382. taura — rope, cable

383. tawhiti — distant, a distant place

384. te — the, singular definite article

385. teina — younger sibling, same sex

386. tekau — ten

387. tere — to flow, float, move quickly; fast

388. tia — to steer, adorned

389. tiaki — to look after, to care for

390. tika — to be right, correct, straight, in order

391. tikanga — reason, meaning, right way of doing things, custom (tika + nominal suffix -nga)

392. tiki — to fetch

393. tinana — body, trunk, torso

394. tino — very

395. tipu — to grow (v); a plant, shoot

396. titiro — to look at

397. toa — shop; male animal; expert; to be strong

398. tohu — a qualification, eg degree

399. tohunga — expert, priest

400. toki — adze, axe; champion

401. tokohia — how many people?

402. tokorua — two (of people)

403. tokotoru — three (people)

404. tono — to apply for, to order (v): an application (n)

405. tonu — still

406. toru — three

407. tua — beyond

408. tuahine — sister, of a male

409. tuakana — older sibling of the same sex

410. tuarua — second

411. tuatahi — first

412. tuhi — to write; to indicate, point out

413. tuhituhi — to write, draw

414. tuku — to put off, to leave aside

415. tungāne — brother, of a female

416. tunu — to cook, roast

417. tupu — to grow, develop; a plant, shoot (variant of tipu)

418. tuākana — older brothers of a male; older sisters of a female

419. tā — print, draw

420. tākaro — to play

421. tāku — my, ā category possession, singular

422. tāna — his, her, ā category possession, singular

423. tāne — man, male

424. tāngata — people (plural of tangata)

425. tāone — town

426. tāria — (pass) be waited for; be expected; after a time

427. tātahi — seaside, beach

428. tātau — we; us; everyone

429. tātou — we, us, inclusive, three or more people

430. tāu — your (singular + one item)

431. tāua — we, us, you and I, inclusive, dual

432. tāwāhi — overseas

433. tē — Tē (i), particle used with verbs to make an emphatic…

434. tēhea — which, singular

435. tēnei — this (by speaker); this is; this

436. tēnā — that, by the listener

437. tēpu — table

438. tērā — that over there, that

439. tētahi — a, one specific thing

440. tētehi — a, one specific thing (variant of tētahi)

441. tī — cabbage tree; tea

442. tīkina — be fetched (tiki + passive suffix -na (note the first i is lengthened)

443. tīmata — to begin, to start

444. tītī — muttonbird

445. tō — your (singular); to drag

446. tōkena — stockings, socks

447. tōku — my (singular)

448. tōna — his, her

449. tōu — your, ō category possession, singular

450. tū — stand; to be wounded; a wound

451. tūpato — to be careful; caution, cautious

452. tūpuna — grandparents (plural form of tupuna; variant of tīpuna)

453. tūru — chair, seat, stool

454. tūtaki — to meet; to close up, to block (v); meeting (n)

455. ua — to rain; rain

456. uaua — difficult (adj); muscle, vein, artery (n)

457. uru — join; enter; participate, go in; west

458. uta — to load; shore; inland; the land; to load

459. utu — cost, price; to pay for

460. waea — wire; phone

461. waenganui — middle, centre, between

462. waewae — foot, leg

463. waha — load, burden; to carry on the back; mouth

464. wahine — woman, wife

465. waho — out, outside, the outside

466. wai — water; who

467. waiata — to sing (v); song (n)

468. waiho — to remain, rest; to leave behind

469. waka — vehicle (land, air and sea)

470. wareware — to forget; forgetful (trans)

471. waru — eight; to scrape, to peel

472. wehe — to depart, leave; to separate, divide

473. wera — to burn; burnt; hot, heat

474. whaea — mother, aunt

475. whai — to follow, to chase; to have, to acquire

476. whakaaro — to think; thought, idea

477. whakaata — mirror

478. whakahoki — to return something, to reply

479. whakamaua — be fixed; put on (pass of whakamauto)

480. whakapai — to improve, to fix up, bless, cleaning

481. whakarite — to compare; arrange, organise

482. whakarongo — to listen

483. whakatika — to straighten, to correct, to fix

484. whakatā — to rest (v); relaxed (adj)

485. whakautu — to reply, to respond, answer

486. whara — to be injured

487. whare — house, building

488. whea — where? (variant of hea)

489. whenua — land

490. whero — red

491. whiti — to cross; shine, rise

492. whitu — seven

493. whā — four

494. whānau — family; to be born, be born

495. whāngai — to feed, to foster (v); fostered child (n)

496. wiki — week

497. wini — window

498. wā — time, times

499. wāhi — part, portion; place

500. wāhine — women, wives (plural form of wahine)

501. wānanga — study, analyze; seminar, a place of learning

502. ā — and; and then

503. āe — yes

504. āhea — Āhea = awhea, a hea, ad. interrogative, of future time.…

505. āhei — Āhei (i), pt. 1. Able. Mo te whai rawa ake…

506. āhua — shape, form, appearance

507. Ākarana — Auckland

508. ākonga — student

509. āku — my, mine (pl, for ā category items, plural form of tāku)

510. ākuanei — Ākuanei, ad. of time following. Presently, today. Akuanei u tonu…

511. āna — his, her, plural, for ā category items

512. ānō — as though; as if

513. āporo — apple

514. āpōpō — tomorrow

515. āta — gently, carefully, deliberately

516. ātaahua — beautiful, well formed

517. āu — your, ā category possession (plural form of tāu)

518. āwangawanga — worried

519. āwhea — Āwhea = ahea. ‖ hea.

520. āwhina — to help

521. āwhinatia — helped (pass of āwhina)

522. ēnei — these, near me (plural of tēnei)

523. ēnā — those, near you (plural of tēnā)

524. ērā — those (over there)

525. ētahi — some, a few (plural of tētahi)

526. ō — your, one person, neutral category possession, plural

527. ōku — mine, plural, ō category possession

528. ōna — his, her, plural, ō category possession

529. ōu — yours, one person, ō category possession, plural

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